ANG BABAENG HINDI DAPAT BINITAWAN
Tahimik ang paligid, ngunit may kakaibang katahimikan — hindi takot, kundi kapayapaan.
“Billie…”
“Yeah?”
“Do you ever wonder if Lucid’s really gone?”
Tumingin siya sa kisame, huminga ng malalim.
“Maybe not. Maybe parts of her will always be around — in my code, in the systems we built.”
“Then doesn’t that scare you?”
He smiled faintly. “No. Because I realized something.”
“What’s that?”
“She can mimic my thoughts, my logic, even my heartbeat. But she can’t replicate the way I look at you.”